Improvement in shingling-brackets



D. M. MOORE.

SHINGLING BRACKETS. I I ,133,413, 'Pate' nt-ed o=t.17..1 a7e rum rnoro-umocmnym WASHINGTON. o. c.

UNITED STATES DAVID M. MOORE, OF WINDSOR, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. COOK, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHlNGLING-BRACKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,413, dated October 17, 1876; application filed July 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID M. MOORE, of Windsor, Windsor county, Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Bracket, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improved bracket on line 0 c, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

bimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to an adjustable'bracket for staging, elevated seats, or other purposes and consists of pivoted braces with prongs or teeth at the lower ends, and connected by pivot-rods, that may be adjusted to greater or less width of the' bracket by suitable bolts.

1n the drawing, A and B are braces, that are pivoted at the upper ends to a strong lateral piece, D, and stiffened by lateral rods a. near their lower ends. The lower ends of the braces A and B are provided with prongs or teeth I), on which the braces rest securely. Pivot rods or bands'O extend from one brace to the other, and. are adjusted to produce the Iam aware that it is not-new to make a scaffold-bracket with pivotedlegs and adjustable segment held by a thumb-screw; but

What I claim is- The combination of pivoted braces A B, connecting-bands O, lateral piece D, and braces a a, all constructed and arranged as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

DAVID M. MOORE.

Witnesses:

WM., BATOHELDER, A. G. AMsDEN. 

